BOLD CLIMATE ACTION

Fiercely Protecting California’s Central Coast Since 1970

 Impact
Report

June  2025

Photo by Matt Dayka

OUR WORK

CEC’s Legacy: 

50+ Years of  Environmental Leadership

For 55 years, the Community Environmental Council has strategically catalyzed change on the Central Coast, influencing California and beyond.

  • Founded one of the nation’s first ecology centers

  • Founded one of the nation’s first learning and research community gardens

  • Opened one of the nation’s first community recycling centers

  • Pioneered hazardous waste collection and curbside recycling

  • Helped pass California’s recycling law, the first in the nation

  • Built the Watershed Resource Center at Arroyo Burro Beach

  • Shifted CEC’s mission to focus on climate change

  • Published one of the nation’s first carbon neutrality plans

  • Installed the first Rethink the Drink water bottle refill station in a local school

  • Launched a solarize program that helped nearly 1,000 homeowners and nonprofits install solar

  • Published a countywide community-driven food action plan that led to the launch of the Santa Barbara County Food Action Network

  • Secured city commitments to 100% renewable energy

  • Achieved Community Choice Energy for most of the region

    Co-founded the Central Coast Climate Justice Network

  • Secured our region’s first wind farm

  • Named California Nonprofit of the Year

  • CEO Sigrid Wright named Congressional Woman of the Year

    Began concierge services that have helped nearly 3,000 individuals and businesses access incentives for renewable energy and energy-efficient solutions.

  • Opened our region’s first Environmental Hub in downtown Santa Barbara

  • Trained and certified our 210th (and counting) CEC Climate Steward

Our Work

CEC builds on-the-ground momentum to reverse the threat of the climate crisis. We transform the systems that fuel it. We safeguard the community from its impacts. We lead, we partner, we act. And every day, we move people to create a more resilient California Central Coast.

REVERSE the trajectory of climate change by propelling a rapid, equitable transition to 100% renewable electricity, electric vehicles, and decarbonized buildings.

REPAIR the disrupted carbon cycle by accelerating and bringing to scale climate-smart agriculture practices that draw down excess carbon from the atmosphere.

PROTECT vulnerable populations from extreme weather and other climate impacts by deploying bold, community-led solutions rooted in climate justice.

“Having CEC as a teammate through every step of the process helped make my dream of EV ownership a reality.”

- MarileeKrause,
Chevy Bolt Owner

Protecting Access to Clean Energy Technology

In order to ensure the United States does not digress by decades in climate protection, California must maintain its position as an electric vehicle (EV) leader. That’s why CEC is providing concierge services in Spanish and English that have already helped nearly 1,000 residents, businesses, and nonprofits navigate options, financial incentives, and resources to make EV ownership and charging accessible and affordable.

Marilee Krause is one of nearly 1,000 individuals CEC has helps access incentives for EVs and EV chargers. Photo by CEC.

Marilee Krause is a Santa Barbara-based artist who wanted to transition from her hybrid Prius to an all-electric vehicle, but thought she couldn’t afford to. Then a close friend reached out to see if she was interested in purchasing their 2017 Chevy Bolt. Marilee had heard about financial incentive programs for electric vehicles but wasn’t sure which she qualified for. At her friend’s suggestion, she reached out to the Community Environmental Council.

After reviewing her eligibility, our team determined that Marilee qualified for four incentives, totaling a potential $21,500 in savings. We guided her through the options and helped her apply for the incentives that best matched her situation, ultimately covering the cost of her new EV. “I was surprised and delighted that these types of incentives existed,” said Marilee. “Having CEC as a teammate through every step of the application process helped make my dream of EV ownership a reality.”

Now Marilee zips around town, driving on electricity. El Zoco, the affordable condominium community where she lives, has a public EV charging station, so she never worries about where she’ll recharge. And she is proud to be part of the transition toward a fossil-free future.

Scaling the Adoption of Climate-Smart Agricultural Practices

CEC’s Climate-Smart Agriculture program has leveraged over $5 million in regional, state, and federal funding to directly assist farmers, ranchers, and land stewards in implementing carbon farming solutions. Thanks to pilot projects led by CEC and our partners, we know that California can sequester one-quarter to one-third of its emissions through natural and working lands — which is critical to ensuring the state achieves carbon neutrality by 2045.

Mikey and Gina Giugni walk their Bassi Vineyard property in Avila Beach, where they have implemented climate-smart practices to create pollinator habitat, sequester carbon, and mitigate wildfire risk. Photo by Summer Staeb.

When winemakers and grape farmers Gina and Mikey Giugni were approached by their long-time mentor about purchasing his vineyard property in Avila Beach, they knew it was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. The 112-acre parcel of rugged terrain included two wildlife corridors and three 10-acre vineyards that had been farmed organically for decades, providing an ideal foundation for the regenerative, climate-smart approach they had planned. But after spending every dollar they had to make their dream of land ownership come true, they needed help implementing their vision for the property. A regenerative farmer friend connected them with the Community Environmental Council.

We guided the Giugnis to apply for a Pollinator Habitat Program grant from the California Department of Food and Agriculture. With support from our team, Gina and Mikey received $60,000 to create pollinator meadows, install wildlife habitat, and plant hedgerows that support carbon sequestration, improve soil health, and save water.

“We have a responsibility to be good stewards of the land, and appreciate CEC’s invaluable guidance and technical support to help ensure we’re protected from climate impacts,” said Gina. As they look forward, the Giugnis have set their sights on bolstering their land’s wildfire resilience, working with a local shepherd to graze down the wilder, fire-prone areas of the property that back up to See Canyon. “We hope our story inspires other farmers to take action.”

“We have a responsibility to be good stewards of the land, and appreciate CEC’s invaluable guidance and technical support to help ensure we’re protected from climate impacts.”
— Gina Giugni, Owner, Lady of the Sunshine Wines

Pollinator Habitat Program

$1.6M distributed to 27 projects and counting

Building Resilient Communities Now for the Disasters of Tomorrow

CEC is training hundreds of community members to stand up for climate action and push forward thousands of solutions, one neighborhood at a time. This groundswell of community-led activism helps ensure that everyone is protected and prepared for the impacts of climate change and that no one is left behind.

“If each of us takes up the cause in our respective community, we have the power to move everyone toward a climate-safe future.”

Phil Clarke,
CEC Climate Steward,
Community Sustainability Advocate

Phil and Lora are demonstrating that anyone can be a steward of climate solutions and help protect our communities from climate change. Photo by Ingrid Bostrom.

Phil and Lora Clarke are lifelong environmental advocates who wanted to help make their Valle Verde retirement community more sustainable — and inspire fellow residents to join them in their efforts. After hearing about the Community Environmental Council’s Climate Stewards certification, Phil enrolled in the course to learn more about the climate crisis and get access to resources and networks that would help them take action.

Collaborating with neighbors, the Clarkes have implemented plastic reduction measures, planted gardens, advocated for an EV charging station, and helped plan green technology upgrades such as solar panels, battery storage, and energy-efficient appliances. Their activism inspired a coalition of residents from multiple retirement communities under Valle Verde’s parent company to meet regularly to push similar climate solutions forward at other campuses.

The Clarkes are just one example of more than 200 CEC Climate Steward alumni who are leading environmental initiatives in their neighborhoods, homeowners associations, churches, schools, museums, and community-based spaces where they have influence. “If each of us takes up the cause in our respective community, we have the power to move everyone toward a climate-safe future,” said Phil.

Our Leadership 

Board of Directors

Photo by Sarita Relis Photography.

PRESIDENT
Jon Clark
President, James S. Bower Foundation

VICE PRESIDENT
Christine DeVries
Community Leader

SECRETARY
David N. Pellow
Professor of Environmental Studies, UC Santa Barbara

TREASURER
Peter Schuyler
Natural Lands Management Consultant, Community Leader

Angela Antenore
President, Antenore & Associates

Chandler Buie
Founder & Senior Management Director, Anomalie Group

Bill Cuttler
Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operations Officer, Carbon2Cobalt

Geoff Green
Chief Executive Officer, California Association of Nonprofits

David Jackson
Zegar Family Foundation

Elliott MacDougall
Chief Executive Officer, Weymouth Development Group

Ivette Peralta
Director of Annual Programs, Future Leaders of America

Tammy Sims Johnson
Vice President, Philanthropic Services, Santa Barbara Foundation

Michelle Weinman
Firm Administrator, Fauver, Large, Archbald & Spray, LLP

Staff 

Sigrid Wright, CEO / Executive Director

Karina Aguilar, Development Assistant

Dominique Aranda, Climate Projects Associate

Elizabeth Fry, Accounting Manager

Katie Hershfelt, Director of Communications & Marketing

Em Johnson, Director of Climate Programs

Kathi King, Director of Outreach & Education

Tia Kordell, Communications Manager

Camila Leon, Climate Projects Associate

Sean McArthur, Climate Projects Manager

Natalie McGuire, Executive Assistant & Board Liaison

Kat Orellana, Climate Projects Associate

Ana Rico, Climate Projects Associate

Bre Sliker, Climate Projects Manager (Agriculture)

Darlene Snow, Director of Development

Photo by Kristen Weiss

President’s Council

Photo by Sarita Relis Photography.

Dennis Allen, Dennis Allen Construction (retired)

Diane Boss, Retired, Community Volunteer

Catherine Brozowski, Audacious Foundation

Laura Capps, Santa Barbara County, Board of Supervisors

Dave Davis, Past CEC Executive Director (retired)

Katie Davis, Sierra Club Santa Barbara-Ventura Chapter

Nadra Ehrman, Realtor, SB County Board of Education, Trustee Area 2

Brian Fahnestock, Santa Barbara City College

Laura Francis, Sea Forward Fund

Carla Frisk, Consultant (retired)

Karl Hutterer, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History (retired)

Ivor John, Hydrogen Power Partners, LLC

John Jostes, Interface Planning & Counseling Corporation (retired)

Bruce Kendall, UC Santa Barbara

Charles D. Kimbell, Allen & Kimbell, LLP (retired)

Barbara Lindemann, Emerita Professor, Santa Barbara City College

Pat McElroy, Partnership for Resilient Communities

Marc McGinnes, Environmental Activist, Attorney, Educator

Maryanne Mott, Rancher & Philanthropist

Mike Noling, Community Leader (retired)

Paul Relis, Founding CEC Executive Director, Advisor to CR&R Inc., Writer

Michel Saint-Sulpice, Architect (retired)

Randy Solakian, Randy Solakian Estates Group

John Steed, Law Professional (retired)

Dennis Thompson, Architect

Susan Van Atta, FASLA, Landscape Architect

Elizabeth Wagner, Village Properties

Sally Warner-Arnett, Community Leader

Kathy Yeung, Entrepeneur

Our Partners

138 Active Partnerships

The Community Environmental Council believes that it will take all of us, working together in new ways, to solve the climate crisis. Bound together by a shared sense of urgency and accountability, we are partnering with businesses, organizations, schools, and governments on specific climate action outcomes to accelerate progress and build a truly resilient community. 

CEC makes an impact on the long-term health of our region by taking specific actions on the ground, while also working to transform a web of systems to reverse, repair, and protect our climate. Our work is made possible by the generosity and support of investors.

Our 2024 Investors 

Thank you to the following individuals and organizations who made generous contributions in 2024 through cash gifts and grants, pledge payments, event sponsorships, and in-kind donations.

$500,000-$999,999

Patricia Bragg Foundation 1

$250,000-$499,999

James S. Bower Foundation

$100,000-$249,999

Dorothy Largay & Wayne Rosing
Zegar Family Foundation

$50,000-$99,999

Matt Riley
Michel Saint-Sulpice & Mary Staton
Anthony Shih** (estate gift)
Elizabeth Weber
Yardi Systems

$25,000-$49,999

Mary Becker1
Brown Advisory Challenge Grant
Santa Barbara Foundation1,3
Dignity Health
Martin & Kerrilee Gore1
Stacy & Scott Semel

$5,000-$24,999

Acme Hospitality2
Anonymous
Dennis Allen & Jennifer Cushnie1
Ann Jackson Family Foundation1
Anonymous
Leslie Sweem Bhutani & Ashish Bhutani
Chris & Wendy Blau
Diane Boss
Brander Vineyard3
City of Santa Barbara3
Jon & Susan Clark1
Carolyn Cogan
Truman Davies1,2
Katie Davis
Deckers Brands
Barbara Delaune-Warren
Gene & Deanna Dongieux1
El Gato Channel Foundation3
E-Rentals & Tents2
Brad Fiedel & Ann Dusenberry
Firestone Walker Brewing Company3
Carolyn & Andrew Fitzgerald1
Tisha Ford
Laura Francis
Lily Hahn/The Lucky One Foundation1
Belle Hahn/The Little One Foundation1
Valerie Hoffman1
Karl & Nancy Hutterer1
Heidi Jensen & Ronald Winston
David Jackson & Stefanie Sohn Jackson/ZegarFamily Fund1
John C. Mithun Foundation
John & Karen Jostes
Katie Hershfelt Consulting2
Bruce Kendall1
Charles (Kim) Kimbell1
Lewis Greenwood Foundation
Barbara & Albert Lindemann1
Elliott MacDougall1
MarBorg Industries2,3
Matilija Pure Water3
McCune Foundation1
Pat McElroy & Bonnie Kerwin
Jessica & Michael McLernon1
Montecito Bank & Trust3
Maryanne Mott
Outhwaite Charitable Trust
Pacific Beverage Co.3
Patagonia
Stacy & Ron Pulice1
Randy Solakian Estates Group1
Paul Relis & Fanny Pearce1
Rivian3
SAGE Publishing
Santa Barbara Independent3
Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians1,3
Peter Schuyler & Lisa Stratton1,2
Jim Semick1
Holly & Lanny Sherwin1
Anne Smith Towbes & Michael Smith
Randy & Roxanna Solakian1
The Crawford Idema Family Foundation
The Hubbard-Stauffer 1999 Trust
The Kind World Foundation
The Kirby-Jones Foundation
Tomchin Family Foundation
Trippers and Askers2
Sally Warner-Arnett & G. William Arnett
Melissa & Tobin White
World Animal Protection3
Geof & Laura Wyatt

$1,000-$4,999

Whitney Abbott & Murray McTigue
Melika & Tom Adams1
Brier & Kent Allebrand
Allen Construction1
Rosalind Amorteguy-Fendon
Jill Anderson
Andrulaitis Mixon Architects1
Anonymous
Ariadne Wealth Management1
Amy & Glenn Bacheller
Mary & Eric Cantlay Baum
Black Market Spirits2
Boone Graphics2
Emma Bridges
Brittingham Family Foundation
Victoria Hendler1
Chandler & Nicole Buie1
Laura Capps
Julie & Paul Capritto
Central Coast Clean Cities Coalition3
Central Coast Community Energy (3CE)3
Channel Islands Restoration3
Charge Point3
City of Port Hueneme3
Marcia & John Mike Cohen
County of Santa Barbara3
Cox Communications, Inc.
Larry Crowe1
Bill & Michele Cuttler1
Dancing Tides Foundation
Jim & Deanna Dehlsen1
Nicole Delesalle1
Christine & Robert DeVries1
Gerald DeWitt
Jane Dow
Jen Drucker1
Duo Catering and Events2
Kate Edwardson
Nadra Ehrman
Brook & Jasper Eiler1
Emmett Foundation
Event Marketing Strategies3
Claire & Lars Fackler1
Brian Fahnestock & Julie Hendricks
Jean Farley
Judith Favor** (estate gift), in honor of Sigrid Wright
Beth & Dodd Geiger
Marjorie Gies
Ken & Nancy Goldsholl
William Goldsmith & Bicky Townsend1
Sharon Granoff1
Geoff Green
Jay & Cynthia Grigsby
Denis & Gail Hayes
Gary & Helena Hill
Barbara Hirsch
Holdfast Collective
Islay Events2
Jim & Chana Jackson1
Johnson Ohana Charitable Foundation
Sharyn Johnson/The Goodman Family Foundation
Teri Jory1
Juneshine3
Jean Kaplan
Louise LaMothe
Ruth Loomer
Lucid Group3
Patty & John MacFarlane
Margerum Wine Company2
Siri & Robert Marshall1
Sharon Metsch
MN Studio1
Moby Dick Restaurant2
Sherry Nasseri1
Lee Nelson1
Super Bee Rescue3
Mike & Betty Noling
David N. Pellow1
PHAROS Creative, LLC2
Plug In America3
William & Lydia Deems Prothero
RAD Power Bikes3
Russell Radom1
Carrie & Mike Randolph
Ted & Joan Pascal Rhodes
Victoria Riskin1
Stan Roden & Phyllis de Picciotto**
Richard Rogalski, in memory of Marjorie Janice Rogalski, Environmentalist
Casey Rogers1
Susan Rose
Rosenthal-Cohen Foundation
Santa Barbara Nissan3
Lynn Sarko & Laurie Ashton
Ken & Jo Saxon
Tana Sommer-Belin
Elisa & Marc Stad1
Judy Stapelmann1
David & Karen Telleen-Lawton1
Rob Terenzi1
The Daisy Restaurant2
The Efficiency Project2
The Lab2
The Last Decade2
The Solstice Foundation
Dennis Thompson & Lois Phillips
Edward & Joan Tomeo
Becca Tucker1
Susan Van Atta & Ken Radtkey1
Elizabeth Wagner
Michelle Weinman1
Das Williams1
Christel Wittenstein
Write Kinda Girl2
Linda Young
Zohar & Danna Ziv

$100-$999

Peter & Rebecca Adams
Ronald & Sherri Adler
Rich Appelbaum
Evan Aptaker
Joan Ariel
Katya Armistead1
James R. Arthur
Elisa & Joseph Atwill
Auctioneers for Good2
Boyd Bailey1
Stephen Barley
Megan Birney1
Jim Bjelde
Dianne & David Black
Tom & Joan Bolton
John Bowers1
Aidan & Lisa Bradley
William Brennan
Peter & Karen Brill
Elizabeth & Norman Brown
Linda Burrows
Bill Burton1
Pamela Bury
Luke Swetland & Stacey Byers1
John & Gail Campanella
Mike Lazaro/CarpEvents
Marybeth Carty1
Cascade Mountain Spring Water2
Mally Chakola & Dean Jackson1
Lee Chiacos & Donna Massello-Chiacos
Samuel & Darlene Chirman
Kate Christensen
Lee Chubb
Barbara Clark
Dianne Coin
Irene Cooke
Mary Cooper
Carol Cottom & Bruce Bradtmiller, in honor of Irene Cooke
Margaret & Robert Crocco
John Cunningham & Maria Felice Cunningham
Lilyan Cuttler & Ned Seder
Shawn Dailey1
Téana David1
Carly Davis1
Dave & Jean Davis1
Michael Dean
Yvonne DeGraw1
Nancy Dorey
Elizabeth & Peter Hasler Downing
Tom Dudley
Ellen Easton
e-Bikery3
Maureen Ellenberger
Vivian Engel
Bill & Susan Ferguson
Joyce & Terry Fernandez
Philip Fine & Beverly Holley
Dick Flacks
Barbara Flanagan1
Pam Flynt Tambo
John Forrest
Carla Frisk & Jeff Newton
Marylou Furrer
Tish & Dan Gainey
Patrick Gallagher
Debra Geiger & Eliot Crowley
Devon Geiger Nielson
Stephanie Glatt
Jacob Goodman
Leslee Goodman1
Google (match), in honor of Charles Newman
Mary Gosselin
Penelope Gottlieb
Sandy Grasso-Boyd & Bill Boyd
Carol Greene1
Dwight Gregory
Jane Hahn
Michael Hamman
Gregg Hart1
Barbara & Roy Harthorn
Lee Heller1
Van Henson
Mary Heyden & David Anderson
Kelly Hildner
Mary E. Howe-Grant
Darin Huseby1
Alan Irwin & Harriet Eckstein
Hannah-Beth Jackson1
Mary Jacob
Vijaya & Rao Jammalamadaka
Ann Jensen Adams
Emily Jensen
Ivor & Jean John
Charlie Johnson & Paula Burnham Johnson
Susan Johnson
Tammy Sims Johnson & Belma Michael Johnson1
Andreana Jones1
Colin & Joanie Jones
David P. Jones
Alex Katz1
Edward & Martha Kaufman
Kay Kavanah
Thomas & Ami Kearns
Gareth Kelly1
Hugh Kelly
Kathy Klammer1
John Koons
Sara Kvaas
David Landecker
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (match)
Jennifer LeMay
Corey Lester
Kirsten Liske
Live Oak Unitarian Universalist Congregation
RT Livingston
Julie Lopp
Fred Loquasto III
Rob & Connie Maday1
Pam Maines
Caitlin Malone1
Blake & Jennifer Markham
Marylee & Jerry Martin
Don Maruska
Anthony Marzolla
Ashlyn McCague1
Nancy McConnell
Deborah McCormick1
Lorraine McDonnell
Russell & Laura McGlothlin
Terry & Antoinette McQueen
Sarah Mehrabani
Joel Michaelsen
Anne & Hale Milgrim
Clare Miner-McMahon Harvey Molotch1
Kimberly Monda
Andrea Morgan
Gordon & Sheila Morrell
Sima Morrison1
William Murdoch
Jeanette & Robert Mustacich
Andrew Mutz1
Natalie Orfalea Foundation1
Hannah Nelson1
Steve Nelson
Anne Newman & Steven Schuh, in honor of Charles Newman
Charles & Betsy Newman, in honor of Chuck Zegar
Charles & Betsy Newman, in honor of Roberta Wright**
Myra Nicholas
Nolan Nicholson1
David & Karin Niles1
Candice Nyholt
John & Adrienne O’Donnell
Donald Olson & Nancy Franco
Wendi Ostroff
Otis & Pearl2
Carl Palmer & Carrie Kappel
Constance Penley
Ivette Peralta
April Peterson
Gregg Peterson
Alex Petronakis
Gina Phillips1
Jeff Phillips
Pierce Phillips
Michelle Pickett
Sarah Pizzaruso
William & Dolores Pollock
Jeanie-Marie Price & Erik Christensen
Ann & Paul Ricchiazzi
Elizabeth Riley1
Lisa Murphy Rivas
Marsha & Alan Roberson
Karen Roberts & Bradley Dyruff
Laurie Robinson
Burt Romotsky
Jeannette Root
Marian Rothstein
Peggy Saferstein
Santa Barbara Botanic Garden2
Edward & Judy Savage
Brian Sawicki1
Peter Sawyer
Christiane Schlumberger
Michael Seabaugh
Jean Sedar
Kimberly Selkoe
James Selzler
Don Simons
Anastasia Smith1
Kristen Sneddon1
Kathy Snow & Bendy White
Eve Sommer-Belin
Virginia Souza
Lynne Sprecher
Adam Stempel
Keri Stokstad
Matthew Stotts & Carol Sacks
Chelsey Swanson
David Swanson
Eric Swildens1
Terra Basche of Lush Elements
Debra & Andrew Teton
Kit Thomas
Carol Thompson
Topa Topa Brewing Co.2
Jenna Tosh1
Town & Country Event Rentals2
Trinity Church3
Maureen Tunney
Alan Turnbull & Barbara Jean Baker
Chris Ulep
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of the Conejo Valley
Gene & Amy Zak Urban
Brigitta Van Der Raay
Carol Vernon
Alana Walczak
Jonathan Wang
Water Store2
Sherri West
Gilbert White
Sheila White1
Barbara Widmer & David Hennerman
Pamela & Bob Wilkinson1
Tracey Willfong
Steve Windhager1
Sara Woodburn
Robert Wright, in honor of Sigrid Wright
M Sutton Yeadon
Katherine & Stephanie Yeung
Jeffrey Young1
Julia Zaratzian
Chuck & Merryl Zegar1
Jon Zuber

1 All or part of the gift was a cash contribution to CEC’s Green Gala.

2 All or part of the gift was an in-kind contribution to CEC’s Green Gala, Santa Barbara Earth Day Festival, Environmental Hub, or general operations.

3 All or part of the gift was a sponsorship of CEC’s Santa Barbara Earth Day Festival.

** Donor is deceased.

The following individuals and organizations made generous cash or in-kind contributions, grants, or legacy gift commitments to CEC’s 50th Anniversary Protect Our Planet Campaign.

Our 50th Anniversary Investors 

$1,000,000+

James S. Bower Foundation
John & Karen Jostes*
Patricia Bragg Foundation
The Hubbard-Stauffer 1999 Trust*
Zegar Family Foundation

$500,000-$999,999

Hutton Parker Foundation
Dorothy Largay & Wayne Rosing
Michel Saint-Sulpice & Mary Staton*
Sea Forward Fund*
Judy Stapelmann & Jack Stapelmann**

$250,000-$499,999

Anonymous
Anonymous*
Anonymous
John C. Mithun Foundation
Natalie Orfalea Foundation
Paul Relis & Fanny Pearce*
John & Suzanne Steed
Yardi Systems

$100,000-$249,999

Ann Jackson Family Foundation
Anonymous, in honor of Karl Hutterer
Mary Becker
Leslie Sweem Bhutani & Ashish Bhutani, in honor of Pat & Derrell Sweem
Diane Boss
G.A. Fowler Family Foundation
Karl & Nancy Hutterer*
Charles D. Kimbell*
Charles & Betsy Newman
Stacy & Ron Pulice
Matt & Andrea Riley
Sally Warner-Arnett & G. William Arnett*
Elizabeth Weber

$50,000-$99,999

Dennis Allen & Jennifer Cushnie
Anonymous*
Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
Katie Davis
Dan, Emily, Casey & Willow Engel
Errett Fisher Foundation
Carolyn & Andrew Fitzgerald
Living Peace Foundation
Sara Miller McCune
Jessica & Michael McLernon*
Montecito Bank & Trust
Mosher Foundation
Santa Barbara Foundation
Ken & Jo Saxon
Schlinger Family Foundation
Peter Schuyler & Lisa Stratton
Anne Smith Towbes & Michael Smith

$25,000-$49,999

Anonymous
Richard & Marguerite Berti
Carolyn Cogan, in memory of Jules Zimmer**
Gene & Deanna Dongieux
Tisha Weber Ford
Richard & Kristin Hogue
Bonnie & Dick Jensen**
Jean Kaplan
Barbara & Albert Lindemann
Elliott MacDougall
Mithun Family Foundation
Sage Publishing
Stacy & Scott Semel
Holly & Lanny Sherwin
Carrie Towbes & John Lewis

$5,000-$24,999

Anonymous
Anonymous
Anonymous
Randy Bassett/Bassett Charitable Gift Fund
Chris & Wendy Blau
Joyce & Roland Bryan
Chandler & Nicole Buie
Cox Communications
Dave & Jean Davis
Gwen & Roger Dawson
Deckers Brands
Barbara Delaune-Warren
Christine & Robert DeVries*
Nadra Ehrman
Brad Fiedel & Ann Dusenberry
Dodd & Beth Geiger
Ginberg Marital Trust, in memory of Ghita Ginberg**
Sharon Granoff
Terry & Jane Honikman*
JL Foundation
KARL STORZ Imaging
Bruce Kendall & Michelle Kendall**
Kind World Foundation
Pat McElroy & Bonnie Kerwin
Maryanne Mott
Mike & Betty Noling
Gail Osherenko & Oran Young/Osherenko-Young Foundation
David N. Pellow
Roger S. Firestone Foundation
Ruth H. Brown Foundation, with thanks to Charla Brown
Ginger Salazar & Brett Matthews
Bryan & Eva Schreier
Herbert Schulte
Randy & Roxanna Solakian/Randy Solakian Estates Group
Tana Sommer-Belin
Sonos***
Seth Streeter
The Crawford Idema Family Foundation
The Roddick Foundation
Tomchin Family Foundation
Towbes Foundation
Trinity Church
Sherry & James Villanueva
Tobin & Melissa White
Sigrid Wright & Matt Parisi*
WWW Foundation
Cliff & Crystal Wyatt
Kathy & Stephanie Yeung

$1,000-$4,999

Whitney Abbott & Murray McTigue
Anonymous
William Arntz & Deidre Hade-Arntz
Artemisia Fund
Amy & Glenn Bacheller
Brittingham Family Foundation
W. Elliot Brownlee
Catherine Brozowski & Steve Conner
Laura Capps
Julie & Paul Capritto
Case Family Charitable Fund
Jon & Susan Clark
John Mike Cohen & Marcia Cohen
Daniel & Anne Diamond
Judy & Rob Egenolf
Emmett Foundation
Brian Fahnestock & Julie Hendricks
Carla Frisk & Jeff Newton
Geoff Green
Jay & Cynthia Grigsby
Denis & Gail Hayes
Lindsay Helmick/RRM Design Group
Victoria Hendler
Jeremy Hilton
Barbara Hirsch
Rick Hulford
Johnson Ohana Charitable Foundation
Patricia Kelley
Kleid Family Charitable Fund
Christopher Knowlton & Pippa Hames-Knowlton
Siri & Robert Marshall
McCune Foundation
John Melack & Sally MacIntyre
Sharon Metsch
Ursula O’Conner
Ivette Peralta
Russell Radom
Carrie & Mike Randolph
Lisa Murphy Rivas
Karen Roberts & Bradley Dyruff
Anthony Rodale
Stan Roden & Phyllis de Picciotto**
Richard Rogalski & Marjorie Rogalski**
Lynn Sarko & Laurie Ashton
Michael Seabaugh
Eric & Anita Sonquist
Seth Streeter/SustainableFuture.org
David & Karen Telleen-Lawton
The Baltoro Trust
Sharyn Johnson/The Goodman Family Foundation
The Hendricks/Felton Foundation
The Mildred E. and Harvey S. Mudd Foundation
Dennis Thompson & Lois Phillips
Carol Vernon
Elizabeth Wagner
Wells Fargo Advisors
Kevin & Pegeen White
Deborah Williams & Rance Wall
Geof & Laura Wyatt
Zohar & Danna Ziv

$100-$999

Ann Jensen Adams
Kent & Brier Allebrand
Rachel Altman
Rich Appelbaum
Debbie & Jim Arnesen
James Arthur
Brandon Bartlette
Lisa Bass & Thaddeus Bordofsky
Mary Baum & Eric Cantlay
Jeremy Becker
Deborah Bettencourt
Tracey Bird
Megan Birney
Elizabeth Brown
Geoffrey & Jennifer Brown
John & Gail Campanella
Lois Capps
Maxine Chadwick
Paul Chestnut
Mischa Chillak
Samuel & Darlene Chirman
Kate Christensen
Irene Cooke
Mary Cooper
Carol Cottom & Bruce Bradtmiller
John Cunningham & Maria Felice Cunningham
Lilyan Cuttler & Ned Seder
David Landecker
Natalie de Picciotto
M X Dean & K N Dean
Ruth & Ronal Dexter
William Dillon
Tom Dudley
Sylvelin Edgerton
Catherine Edwardson
Liam Ekhardt
Maureen Ellenberger
Robert Else
Claire & Lars Fackler
Judith Favor**
Mark Fennell
Bill & Susan Ferguson
T.P. & J.M. Fernandez
Philip Fine & Beverly Holley
John Forrest
Charles Forslund
William Frost
Tish Gainey
Jonathan & Patricia Gartner
Debra Geiger & Eliot Crowley
Devon Geiger Nielson
Stephanie Glatt
Robert Goettler
Penelope Gottlieb
Sandy Grasso-Boyd & Bill Boyd
Jon & Barbara Greenleaf
Gwen Taylor Dawson Fund
Jane Hahn
Benjamin Halpern
John Hankins
Gregg Hart
Mary Heyden
Kelly Hildner
JB & Caryn Holmes
Mary Howe-Grant
Alan Irwin & Harriet Eckstein
Hannah-Beth Jackson
Jammalamadaka Family Charitable Fund
Ivor & Jean John
Charlie Johnson
Colin & Joan Jones
Richard Kaplan
John Kelly
John Mark Koons
Sara Kvaas
Mike Lazaro
Lori Lenz
David & Janice Levasheff
Kirsten Liske
Betty Little
RT Livingston
Sally MacIntyre & John Melack
Sharyn Main & James Hodgson
Cynthia J. Manzer
Blake & Jennifer Markham
William & Carole Marks
Ed Marples
Jerry & Marylee Martin
Clarence & Karen Mayes
Nancy McConnell
Loraine McDonnell & M. Stephen Weatherford
Marc McGinnes
McKesson Foundation
Riva McLernon**
Katherine McNeal Pfeifer
McQueen Charitable Donation Fund
Anne & Hale Milgrim
Clare Miner-McMahon
Dawn Mitcham
Lois Mitchell
Wayne Morgan
Gordon & Sheila Morrell
Allen Mosher
Nancy Mulholland
Judith Muller
William & Joan Murdoch
Robert & Jeanette Mutacich
Steve Nelson
Joan Newman
Wendi Ostroff
Lanette Perry
Jeff, Mandy & Pierce Phillips
Michelle Pickett
Sarah Pizzaruso
William & Dolores Pollock
Jeanie-Marie Price & Erik Christensen
Carrie & Mike Randolph
Ted Rhodes & Joan Pascal
Alan Roberson
Jason Saltoun-Ebin
Arjun Sarkar
Peter Sawyer
Carol Schwyzer
Richard Segan
James Selzler
Harriet Sharp & Katherine Cowell
Silicon Valley Community Foundation
Donald Simons
Rebecca Stebbins
Bret Stone
David Swanson
Luke Swetland & Stacey Byers
David & Gail Teton-Landis
Susan Van Atta & Ken Radtkey
John & Molly Vowels
Paul Wack
Wallin Scroggs DAF
Weinberg-Stein Family Charitable Fund
Nancy Weiss & Marc Chytilo
Robert Wright
Zoey Philanthropic Fund

The following donors dedicated all or part of their gifts to past CEC Executive Director Hal Conklin for the Hal Conklin Community Room or current CEC CEO/Executive Director Sigrid Wright for the Wright Space.

Hal Conklin Community Room

Ann Jackson Family Foundation
Richard & Marguerite Berti
KARL STORZ Imaging
Kind World Foundation
Montecito Bank & Trust
Mosher Foundation
Pat McElroy
Barbara Lindemann
Maryanne Mott
Paul Relis & Fanny Pearce
Ken & Jo Saxon
Anne Smith Towbes & Michael Smith

Wright Space

Chris DeVries
Judith Favor**
Melissa Fontaine
Laura Francis
Jonathan & Patricia Gartner
Gregg Hart
Christopher Knowlton & Pippa Hames-Knowlton
Mike Lazaro
Barbara Lindemann
Charles & Betsy Newman
Michelle Pickett
William & Dolores Pollock
Jeanie-Marie Price
Peter Schuyler & Lisa Stratton
Ed & Shaylyn Seaman/Wild Farmlands Foundation
John & Suzanne Steed
Luke Swetland
Janet Wolf/Wolf Family Trust

* All or part of contribution includes a legacy gift commitment, when donor has given permission to disclose giving level. For a complete list of CEC legacy donors see the Livable World Legacy Society members list on page 20.

** Donor is deceased.

*** Gift was an in-kind contribution.

50th Anniversary Protect Our Planet Campaign Donors

Our Legacy Investors

Anonymous
Dennis Allen & Jennifer Cushnie
Angela Antenore
Jean Ballantyne
Diane Boss
Catherine Brozowski & Steve Conner
Katie Davis
Chris & Bob DeVries
Laura Francis – Sea Forward Fund
Lee E. Heller
Sharyn Main & James Hodgson
Terry & Jane Honikman
The Hubbard-Stauffer 1999 Trust
Karl & Nancy Hutterer
Bonnie Jensen
John & Karen Jostes
Jean Kaplan
Bruce Kendall
Charles D. Kimbell
Marc McGinnes
Jessica & Michael McLernon
Carla Frisk & Jeff Newton
Mike & Betty Noling
Dennis Thompson & Lois Phillips
Paul Relis & Fanny Pearce
Michel Saint-Sulpice & Mary Staton
Ilene Segalove
John & Suzanne Steed
David & Karen Telleen-Lawton
Sally Warner-Arnett & G. William Arnett
Robert Wright
Sigrid Wright & Matt Parisi

In memory of:

Jane & Robert O. Easton
Genevieve Estes
Ghita & Paul Ginberg
Selma Rubin
Anthony Shih
Tomi & Bob Sollen

The Livable World Legacy Society is a community of generous and visionary donors who are making a livable world part of their legacy through a gift to the Community Environmental Council in their estate plan. Legacy donors help ensure our work to preserve and protect the California Central Coast continues for future generations.

We would like to express our sincere appreciation to the Livable World Legacy Society Members for their generous legacy gift commitments:

Livable World Legacy Society

We Won’t stop

working every day to ensure that the California Central Coast is a tangible, real-world model of what healthy, equitable, climate-safe communities can look like.

(and neither should you)

VISIT CEC’s ENVIRONMENTAL HUB

Join us for an exciting lineup of free public lectures, workshops, and special events. View our calendar at envirohubsb.org.

ENGAGE IN CLIMATE ACTION

The climate crisis is daunting. But together, we can solve it. Find out all the ways you can engage by visiting cecsb.org/takeclimateaction.

INVEST IN A CLIMATE-SAFE FUTURE

Your support is critical. Join us in this urgent work by donating today and help ensure a climate-safe future. Give at cecsb.org/donate.

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